1192 FAMILY LIII. CI1KYS0MELID.E. 



bh. Browuisli or piceous. with a faint bronzed lustre; punctures of elytra 

 in vague rows. 2203. turbatus. 



aa. Anteume with joints 2, 3 and 4 of eiiual length, or with the fourth not 

 longer than second, 

 c. Surface entirely shining, not alutaceous; elytral punctures rather 

 coarse; form robust; humeri well marked. 

 (1. Color reddish-brown ; form oblong-oval ; legs pale. 



2204. ALTERN.\TUS. 



(hi. Color jiiceous, shining; form shorter, oval; legs piceous. 



2205. ERRO. 



cc. Surface more or less distinctly alutaceous; form rather elongate; 



humeri not prominent. 



e. Color pale reddish-yellow; elytra not shining, the punctures very 



indistinct. 220G. testacei s. 



cc. Color dark reddish-yellow to piceous ; elytra shining, the punctures 



coarse and well marked. 2207. MELANURrs. 



2202 (7011). LoNciTARsrs subbufus Lee. Col. Kan., isr>!), 20. 

 Oblong-oval, convex. K(>ddish-yellow, shining; antenna' and legs pale 



rc<ldish-yellow. the outer live joints of former and hind femora slightly 

 darker. Thoi'ax one-third wider than long, not narrowed in front; disk 

 cimvex, shilling, very sitarsely and finely punctate. Elytra wider at base 

 than thorax, umlxme rather prominent; disk convex, punctures rather fine, 

 not closely placed. Length 2.5-3 mm. 



Vigo Coimty; eoinmon locally on the stems and leaves of the 

 false gromwell, Ono.'iiit odium, carolinianum DC. June 15. De- 

 scribed and known heretofnre only from Kansas. Onr largest spe- 

 cies of the genus. 



2203 (10,434). Longitarsus turbatus Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XVI, 



1889, 279. 



Oblong-oval, subcouvex. Piceous or chestnut-brown, feebly bronzed ; an- 

 tennte piceous, the four basal joints pale; front and middle legs and hind 

 tibial yellowish ; hind femora brown. Thorax nearly one-half wider than 

 long, slightly narrowed in front, sides feebly curved, surface smooth or 

 nearly so; basal marginal line wanting. Elytra wider at base than thorax, 

 umbone distinct, punctures rather coarse and close. Length 2.5 mm. 



Lake, Marion and Dubois counties; scarce. May 12-June 11. 

 Resembles mclmvurus, but differs in the length of basal antennal 

 joints, in the surface not being at all alutaceous, and in the much 

 more prominent shoulders. 



2204 (7015). Longitarsus alternatus Zieg., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 



II, 1846, 271. 

 Oblong-oval, moderately convex. Dark brick-red, shining. Antennae 

 three-fourths the length of body, piceous, the four basal joints paler. Tho- 

 rax one-third wider than long, sides curve<l ; disk convex, nearly smooth 



